for George Pal's 1960 production of The Time Machine
All main credits are reproduced from the on-screen credits introducing the film. There are no ending cast credits with characters' names, although this was common at the time.
In addition to the opening credits, there's data from IMDb and other sources that are rendered here for what they're worth. Specific footnotes follow, mentioning the source and directing to particular web pages.
Opening credits
(on-screen) [1]
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER
Presents
A GEORGE PAL PRODUCTION
H. G. Wells'
THE TIME MACHINE
Starring
ROD TAYLOR
ALAN YOUNG
YVETTE MIMIEUX
SEBASTIAN CABOT
TOM HELMORE
With
WHIT BISSELL
DORIS LLOYD
Screenplay by
DAVID DUNCAN
Based on the Novel by
H. G. WELLS
Music score
RUSSELL GARCIA
In METROCOLOR
©MCMLX by Loew's Incorporated
and Galaxy Films, Inc.
All Rights in this Motion Picture
Reserved Under International Conventions
Director of Photography
PAUL C. VOGEL, A.S.C.
Art Directors
GEORGE DAVIS and WILLIAM FERRARI
Set Decorations
HENRY GRACE and KEOGH GLEASON
Special Photographic Effects
GENE WARREN and WAH CHANG
Film Editor
GEORGE TOMASINI, A.S.E.
Recording Supervisor
FRANKLIN MILTON
Color Consultant
CHARLES K. HAGEDON
Assistant director
WILLIAM SHANKS
Hairstyles by
SYDNEY GUILAROFF
Make-up Created by
WILLIAM TUTTLE
Directed by
GEORGE PAL
Closing panel [2]
H. G. Well's
THE TIME MACHINE
THE END
Made by
GALAXY FILMS, INC.
Released by
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER
Detailed casting list
Cast
(in credits order) [1] [2]
George Wells (The Time Traveler)
Rod Taylor
David Filby / James Filby
Alan Young
Weena
Yvette Mimieux
Dr. Philip Hillyer
Sebastian Cabot
Anthony Bridewell
Tom Helmore
Walter Kemp
Whit Bissell
Mrs. Watchett
Doris Lloyd
Rest of cast
(all uncredited) [3]
Voice of the Talking Rings
Paul Frees [4]
First Eloi Man
Bob Barran [4]
Second Eloi Man
James Skelly [4]
First Morlock
V. Kepipi [5]
Second Morlock
Peter Pal [6]
Eloi People
Josephine Powell [4]
Michael Hiltner [4] [5]
Melvin Sant [5]
Robert Sant [5]
Messrs. Holf, Hollis, Kelly, Miller,
O'Keef, Rhodes, and Schulhof [5]
Filby's window dresser
Don Sahlin [6] [8]
Stunts
Louie Elias (Rod Taylor's double) [19]
Detailed Film credits [1]
Director
George Pal
Producer
George Pal (uncredited) [8]
Production companies
Loew's Incorporated and Galaxy Films, Inc.
Distribution company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Assistant director
William Shanks
Assistant to the producer
Gae Griffith (uncredited) [7] [8]
Script supervisor
Eylla Jacobus (uncredited) [9]
Screenplay
David Duncan
Based on the novel by
Herbert George Wells
Contribution to the screenplay
Phillip Yordan (uncredited) [10]
Director of photography
Paul C. Vogel
Color consultant
Charles K. Hagedon
Special photographic effects
Project Unlimited Co. (uncredited) [8]
Gene Warren
Wah Chang
Tim Baar (uncredited) [6]
Additional special effects/optical effects
Howard A. Anderson (uncredited) [11]
Optical effects cameraman
Phil Kellison (uncredited) [11]
Stop-motion assistant camera
Ralph Rodine (uncredited) [11]
Stop-motion animators
Tom Holland (uncredited) [11]
Don Sahlin (uncredited) [11]
Stop-motion animator /
Time Machine console animation
David Pal (uncredited) [6] [11]
Stop-motion Paintings / Matte artist
Bill Brace (uncredited) [6] [11]
Assistant animator / visual effects assistant
Jim Danforth (uncredited) [11]
Film Editor
George Tomasini
Art Direction
George Davis
William Ferrari
Set Decorations
Henry Grace
Keogh Gleason
Make-up Creator
William Tuttle
Make-up artist
John Truwe (uncredited) [12]
Assistant makeup artists
Ron Berkeley (uncredited) [8]
Charles Schram (uncredited) [8]
Hairstyles supervisor
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstyles
Mary Keats (uncredited) [8]
Costume Designers
Russ Caplan (uncredited) [5]
Gertrude Gellart (uncredited) [5]
Bob Hellsworth (uncredited) [5]
Kitty Majer (uncredited) [5]
Sound Department
Recording Supervisor
Franklin Milton
Sound editor
Van Allen James (uncredited) [13]
Rerecording mixer
William Steinkamp (uncredited) [8]
Music Score
Russell Garcia
Music Department
Conductor
Russell Garcia (uncredited) [14]
Musicians
(all uncredited) [14]
Violin
Sam Fiedler
Sam Freed, Jr.
Werner L. Gebauer
Arnold T. Jurasky
Bernard Kundell
Joy Lyle
Arthur Maebe, Sr.
Lisa Minghetti
Irving Prager
Lou Raderman
Albert Saparoff
Dorothy M. Wade
Viola
Cecil Figelski
Allan Harshman
Virginia Majewski
Reuben Marcus
Cello
Alex Alexander
Julian Kahn
Raphael Kramer
Michel Penha
Bass
George F. Boujie
Mario Camposano
Arthur Shapiro
Flute
Arthur Gleghorn
Oboe
Arnold Koblentz
Clarinet
Gus Bivona
Alex Gershunoff
Alan Harding
Don Lodice
Hugo Raimondi
Bassoon
Charles A. Gould
French Horn
John W. Cave
Vincent DeRubertis
Herman Lebow
Trumpet
Uan Rasey
Joe Triscari
James C. Zito
Trombone
Randall Miller
Richard Noel
Herb Taylor
Piano
Max Rabinowitz
Milton Raskin
Harp
Catherine Gotthoffer
Drums
Frank L. Carlson
Mel Pedesky
Miscellaneous
Production illustrator
Mentor Huebner (uncredited) [15]
Movie poster artist
Reynold Brown (uncredited) [16]
Morlock design
George Pal (uncredited) [8] [16]
Machine Design
William Ferrari (uncredited) [6]
Mentor Huebner (uncredited) [6]
George Pal (uncredited) [6]
Still photographer
Frank Shugrue (uncredited) [17]
Car Supplier (1966 sequence)
George Barris Customs (uncredited) [18]
Car owners (1966 sequence)
George Barris, Shirley Barris, Bill deCarr,
Jim Logue, and Bob Metz (all uncredited) [18]
Notes and References
[1] All main credits are reproduced from the on-screen
credits introducing the film.
[2] There are no ending cast credits with characters’ names,
although this was common at the time.
[3] In addition to the opening credits, there's data from IMDb
and other sources that are rendered here for what they're worth.
Specific footnotes follow, mentioning the source
and directing to particular web pages (identified by the sign ▷).
[4] ▷ IMDb - The Time Machine - Additional cast
[5] Source: Don Coleman Collection of costume reference
photographs showing the names of extra actors
and of costume designers mentioned on slate boards.
[6] ▷ https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b878e61
[7] ▷ Colemanzone.com - Time Machine Project - Gae Griffith
[8] Don G. Smith, H.G. Wells on Film: The Utopian Nightmare,
McFarland & Co., 2002.
▷ Book extract in GoogleBooks.com
[9] ▷ https://www.morcki.com/still-x-14.html
[10] ▷ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Yordan
[11] ▷ IMDb - The Time Machine full credits: visual effects
[12] ▷ IMDb - The Time Machine full credits: makeup department
[13] ▷ IMDb - The Time Machine full credits: sound department
[14] Music recorded at MGM Studios Scoring Stage,
Culver City, California on December 8 and 9, 1959.
Detailed list of orchestra musicians
▷ Filmscoremonthly.com - The Time Machine
[15] ▷ IMDb - The Time Machine full credits: art department
[16] ▷ IMDb - The Time Machine full credits: miscellaneous
[17] Frank Shugrue was the appointed still photographer
on the filming of The Time Machine. For more information, see:
a) ▷ Colemanzone.com - Time Machine Project - Frank Shugrue
b) ▷ Morcki.com - The Life and Works of Frank Shugrue
[18] ▷ https://kustomrama.com/wiki/The_Time_Machine
[19] Louie Nicholas Elias (1933-2017) was Rod Taylor's official
double throughout the career of the actor. Elias can be seen
in the ▷ unreferenced photo #31.
Tim Baar and Gene Warren
Special Effects winners, with presenters Polly Bergen and Richard Widmark (33rd Academy Awards Ceremony, 1961)
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